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14360 NW 77TH CT. LAKES, FL 33016 · 305.341.4700 · ORANGEBOWL.ORG COMMITTEE Introducing the Capital One Orange Bowl Officers

As part of an agreement with ESPN, Capital One has secured the title sponsorship of the Orange President & Chair...... Luis E. Boué Bowl, beginning with the Capital One Orange Bowl to be played on December 31, 2014, in South Chair-Elect...... Lee E. Stapleton Florida. The multi-year deal builds on Capital One’s substantial support of college athletics by Vice Chair...... Michael B. Chavies becoming the official credit card and bank of the new Playoff. Vice Chair...... Don Slesnick Secretary...... Ann E. Pope The Capital One Orange Bowl will play host to a Semifinal in year two Treasurer...... Shaun M. Davis of the agreement (New Year’s Eve 2015) and again in year five (2018). In the other four years of Immediate Past President/Chair.... Andrew P. Hertz the agreement, the Capital One Orange Bowl will feature the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) CEO...... Eric L. Poms Champion (or ACC replacement team should the champion qualify for the College Football Playoff) against a highly ranked team from the Big Ten, (SEC) or Notre Dame. Communications Staff (305) 341-4700 “As the landscape of post- collegiate football evolves, the Orange Bowl looks forward to this Larry Wahl new partnership with Capital One and continuing its long-standing relationship with ESPN,” said VP, Communications Orange Bowl president Luis Boué. “Capital One’s commitment to collegiate athletics, teamed with [email protected] ESPN’s reputation as a sports leader and the Orange Bowl’s championship tradition will ensure a beneficial relationship for all of us.” Kallan Louis Communications Coordinator ESPN will exclusively carry all New Year’s Six bowl games on December 31 and January 1, including [email protected] the Capital One Orange Bowl and Playoff Semifinals. For 2014-15, the Semifinals will feature No. 1 vs. No. 4 and No. 2 vs. No. 3 as ranked by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee, and Kacie Albert will be played in the presented by Northwestern Mutual and the on Communications & Media Assistantship January 1, 2015. ESPN will also carry the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship [email protected] from North , featuring the winners of the two semifinals on January 12, 2014. Daniel Pyser Communications & Media Intern [email protected]

Sugar Rose Orange Cotton Peach Fiesta Championship ACC Stat Leaders: Rushing Yards

2014-15 Semi-Final Semi-Final Orange Cotton Peach Fiesta Arlington, TX 1. James Conner (Pictured) 874 Pittsburgh - Sophomore (Jan.1) (Jan.1) (Dec. 31) (Jan. 1) (Dec. 31) (Dec. 31) (Jan. 12) 2. Duke Johnson 625 Miami - Junior 2015-16 Sugar Rose Semi-Final Semi-Final Peach Fiesta Glendale, AZ 3. Tyler Murphy 579 (Jan. 1) (Jan. 1) (Dec. 31) (Dec. 31) (Dec. 31) (Jan. 1) (Jan. 11) College - Senior

4. Justin Thomas 470 2017-18 Sugar Rose Orange Cotton Semi-Final Semi-Final Tampa, FL Tech - Sophomore

(Jan. 2) (Jan. 2) (Dec. 31) (Jan. 2) (Dec. 31) (Dec. 31) (Jan. 9) 5. Zach Laskey 449 - Senior Photo Credit:Pete Madia WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING

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Clemson Oregon Alabama Oregon Oklahoma Marshall State vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. College Football News Notre Dame Michigan State Florida State Alabama Nebraska State Auburn

Clemson Baylor Florida State TCU Arizona Ole Miss vs. vs. vs. ______vs. vs. vs. Mark Schlabach Notre Dame Auburn Mississippi State Michigan State Oklahoma East Carolina

Georgia Tech Arizona Auburn Ole Miss Notre Dame Michigan State vs. vs. vs. ______vs. vs. vs. Brett McMurphy Mississippi State TCU Florida State Baylor Oregon East Carolina

Clemson Florida State Auburn Notre Dame Stanford Michigan State vs. vs. vs. ______vs. vs. vs. Stewart Mandel Alabama Ole Miss Oklahoma Baylor Mississippi State East Carolina

Clemson Auburn Florida State Auburn Notre Dame Oklahoma Ole Miss vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Brant Parsons Mississippi State Baylor Michigan State Florida State Alabama Oregon East Carolina

Clemson Alabama Florida State Alabama Baylor Notre Dame Ohio State vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Phil Steele Auburn Oklahoma Michigan State Florida State Oregon Marshall Georgia

Michigan State Baylor Notre Dame Florida State Oregon Arizona Marshall vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Bill Bender Clemson Florida State Auburn Auburn Mississippi State TCU Georgia

Clemson Baylor Florida State Florida State TCU Oregon Georgia vs. vs. vs. vs, vs. vs. vs. Erick Smith Notre Dame Alabama Michigan State Alabama Auburn Mississippi East Carolina Weekend Watch List Conference Action Relevant to the Orange Bowl No. 13 Georgia @ No. 23 Missouri In the ACC – Last weekend, the No. 1 Florida State Seminoles rolled to another victory, defeating the Wake Forest Saturday, October 11, 12:00 p.m. Demon Deacons 43-3 in route to their twenty-first consecutive win. Notable for the Seminoles was kicker Roberto Aguayo, the 2013 Lou Groza Award winner, who hit a career-high five field goals and set a new school record for SEC East divisional game...Georgia leads all- most consecutive field goals made with 21. Elsewhere in the Atlantic Division, Louisville’s nation leading rush defense time series 2-1...Away team has won previous proved too much for host Syracuse who was held to just two field goals in its 28-6 defeat. In Death alley,V true two meetings...Played in 1960 Orange Bowl. freshman threw for two touchdowns and ran for two additional scores in Clemson’s 41-0 rout of North Carolina State, the school’s first shutout in six years. In the Coastal Division the Virginia Tech Hokies traveled to Northwestern @ Chapel Hill, and capitalized on Tar Heel turnovers to cruise past North Carolina 34-17. Georgia Tech claimed its first Saturday, October 11, 12:00 p.m. win against Miami in six years, by a score of 28-17. The final ACC game of the weekend featured Virginia holding off a third quarter rally by Pittsburgh to win 24-19 and improve to 2-0 in the conference. Big Ten West divisional showdown... Northwestern is coming off back-to-back In the SEC – For the SEC, week six was marked by upsets in the Western Division and close contests in the Eastern conference upsets...Minnesota is 4-1 this year. Division. In the West, the tone for the day was set early when No. 12 Mississippi State defeated No. 6 Texas A&M at home 48-31. Quarterback led Mississippi State’s effort running for three touchdowns and throwing Duke @ No. 22 Georgia Tech for two. In Oxford the contest between the No. 11 Ole Miss Rebels and No. 3 was decided Saturday, October 11, 12:30 p.m. in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. After tying the game at 17 with five and a half minutes to play, Ole Miss capitalized on an Alabama kickoff fumble, mounting a successful 31 yard drive to go ahead by six. Despite advancing ACC Coastal division matchup...Georgia Tech down field to the Mississippi 32 yard line, Alabama quarterback Blake Sims threw an interception with thirty seconds has won 10 straight over Duke, leads all-time to play, assuring Ole Miss the win. In the East, Tennessee controlled its contest with Florida through the end of the series 50-30-1. third, leading 9-0, but the Gators scored 10 unanswered points, good for a 10-9 come-from-behind victory. In another come-from-behind win, the intercepted South Carolina’s Dylan Thompson for a touchdown with No. 9 TCU @ No. 5 Baylor two and a half minutes to play to en route to a 45-38 victory in a game that they trailed by fourteen at the start of the Saturday, October 11, 3:30 p.m. fourth quarter. In the remaining two SEC games of the weekend No. 5 Auburn rolled past No. 15 LSU 41-7 and No. 13 Georgia won its contest 44-17 against Vanderbilt. A Top 10 Big 12 matchup...The away team has won the previous two meetings...All-time series In the Big Ten – In conference action the No. 19 squared off against the No. 10 Michigan tied at 51 wins a piece. State Spartans in a game that came down to the final minutes. Despite Nebraska scoring 19 unanswered points in the fourth to bring the game within five points, an interception with less than a minute to play led Michigan State to claim No. 8 Michigan St @ Purdue the 27-22 victory. In the East Division, Rutgers’ Gary Nova threw for a career-high 404 yards and three touchdowns, Saturday, October 11, 3:30 p.m. leading the Scarlett Knights to a 26-24 win against Michigan. In College Park, Ohio State cruised past Maryland 52-24 in the Buckeyes’ first conference game of the season. In the West Division Northwestern upset No. 17 Wisconsin at Both teams coming off their first Big Ten win of home 20-14 while Purdue defeated 38-27. In the only non-conference game of the weekend defeated the season...Michigan State has won five straight North Texas 49-24. against Purdue. Notre Dame – In a close contest with Stanford, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish marched to victory when Everett Louisville @ Clemson Golson connected with Ben Koyack for a touchdown on fourth-and-11 with a minute to play. The late score proved too Saturday, October 11, 3:30 p.m. much for Stanford as Notre Dame won 17-14.

These brand new ACC Atlantic foes have never Note: All rankings are as of September 28, prior to week six games, per the Associated Press Top 25 Poll. met before...Louisville is 2-1 on the road... Clemson is 3-0 at home. College Football Playoff No. 12 Oregon @ No. 18 UCLA First Year of the College Football Playoff - Beginning this season FBS college football will enter a new four-team Saturday, October 11, 3:30 p.m. playoff era. The best four teams, as determined by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee, will face off in two College Football Playoff Semifinals played in bowl games. The bowl games that will serve as the semifinals will Both teams fall 10 spots in the polls after rotate annually between the Sugar, Rose, Orange, Cotton, Peach and with the Sugar Bowl and Rose stunning home upsets...Oregon has won five Bowl serving as the semifinals for the 2014-2015 season. For years that these bowl games are not hosting semifinals straight against UCLA. they will host teams consistent with conference affiliations and/or College Football Playoff committee selections. The two victorious teams from the semifinals will then advance to the College Football Playoff National Championship, No. 2 Auburn @ No. 3 Mississippi State this year played in Arlington, Texas. The National Championship Game will be played in a different city each year. Saturday, October 11, 3:30 p.m. In the process of selecting the final four teams for the semifinals, the College Football Playoff Selection Committee will release weekly, top 25 rankings beginning Tuesday, October 28th for five consecutive weeks. Factors that will SEC West rivals meet in Top 5 showdown... influence rankings and eventual team selections include schedule strength, results from head-to-head matchups The home team has won the previous three against common opponents and conference championships won. meetings...Auburn leads series 61-24-2. The Orange Bowl In the Next 12 Years - The Orange Bowl will host a College Football Playoff Semifinal every three years: December 31 in 2015, 2018, 2021 and 2024 at either 5 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. During the eight years when North Carolina @ No. 6 Notre Dame the Orange Bowl does not host a semifinal it will feature the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Champion, or if the Saturday, October 11, 3:30 p.m. champion is participating in the College Football Playoff the next highest ranked ACC school (selected by the CFP selection committee), against the highest ranked available school from either the , Southeastern Notre Dame’s second of four ACC matchups this Conference (SEC) or Notre Dame (as chosen by the CFP selection committee). The Big Ten and SEC will receive year...Notre Dame is 16-1 all-time against North a minimum of three Orange Bowl appearances each during the eight games and Notre Dame may make up to two Carolina...Tar Heels’ lone win came in 1960. appearances in the eight games.

No. 3 Ole Miss @ No. 14 Texas A&M Saturday, October 11, 9:00 p.m. IMPORTANT MEDIA DATES

SEC West divisional game...Have not met in Tue. Oct. 28 First CFP Rankings Released Sun. Dec. 7 CFP Selection Show / Coaches’ Teleconference College Station since 1975...Texas A&M is 6-0 all-time against Ole Miss. Mon. Nov. 3 2014 Capital One Orange Bowl Online Credential Application Opens Sat. Dec. 19 Credential Application / Media Hotel Reservations Closes

Sat. Dec. 6 Conference Championship Games Wed. Dec. 31 2014 Capital One Orange Bowl Associated Press Top 25 Poll Photo of the Week 1. Florida State 14. Texas A&M Last weekend senior running back Deon Hill 2. Auburn 15. Ohio State scored Georgia Tech’s final touchdown of 3T. Mississippi State 16. Oklahoma State the game in the Yellow Jackets’ 28-17 victory 3T. Ole Miss 17. State against the . This was Hill’s 5. Baylor 18. UCLA second touchdown of the season,the first 6. Notre Dame 19. East Carolina of which was the winning reception against 7. Alabama 20. Arizona State Georgia Southern in week three. Hill, who 8. Michigan State 21. Nebraska suffers from Crohns Disease, was the first 9. TCU 22. Georgia Tech nominee for this year’s Orange Bowl-FWAA 10. Arizona 23. Missouri Courage Award. 11. Oklahoma 24. Utah

12. Oregon 25. Stanford Photo Credit: Danny Karnik 13. Georgia